Day 2 - May 11th 2011

Woke up the next morning, with lots of bloody crusts [graphic] in my nose. Cleaning them using qtips and hydrogen peroxide was a little painful and gross. When you wake up in the morning, don't think blood-filled qtips is the first thing that you would like to see.

Today was also the day when I felt too stuffy inside the nose. Ok, so septoplasty was supposed to help me breathe better but here I was - day 3 post-op all stuffy and barely breathing through the nose.

Then again, the doc had advised me to breathe through the mouth. So maybe this wasn't abnormal.

So two things that I hate about this surgery -

1. I have lost my sense of smell right now. I just can't smell anything. Maybe, my stuffed nose has got something to do with it and maybe it will be better once it's all cleared.
2. I can't taste anything. Everything tastes bland to me. No taste whatsoever. Hot/Spicy/Cold/Salty/tangy...everything is the same.

Considering, what my nose and throat has been through, I am guessing this is normal. But it sure is annoying. (esp. to an indian who likes his food spicy and aromatic ;))

Oh, did I tell you, I didnt shower the first couple of days. Maybe it was good, I couldn't smell anything :)

This was just a precaution by me.